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<h2><span class="refentrytitle"><a name="libgimp3-gimpbuffer.top_of_page"></a>gimpbuffer</span></h2>
<p>gimpbuffer — Functions for manipulating cut buffers.</p>
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<a name="libgimp3-gimpbuffer.functions"></a><h2>Functions</h2>
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<span class="returnvalue">gchar</span> **
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<a class="link" href="libgimp3-gimpbuffer.html#gimp-buffers-get-list" title="gimp_buffers_get_list ()">gimp_buffers_get_list</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
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<span class="returnvalue">gchar</span> *
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<a class="link" href="libgimp3-gimpbuffer.html#gimp-buffer-rename" title="gimp_buffer_rename ()">gimp_buffer_rename</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
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<span class="returnvalue">gboolean</span>
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<a class="link" href="libgimp3-gimpbuffer.html#gimp-buffer-delete" title="gimp_buffer_delete ()">gimp_buffer_delete</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
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<span class="returnvalue">gint</span>
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<span class="returnvalue">gint</span>
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<span class="returnvalue">gint</span>
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<a name="libgimp3-gimpbuffer.description"></a><h2>Description</h2>
<p>Functions related to named cut buffers.</p>
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<a name="libgimp3-gimpbuffer.functions_details"></a><h2>Functions</h2>
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<a name="gimp-buffers-get-list"></a><h3>gimp_buffers_get_list ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">gchar</span> **
gimp_buffers_get_list (<em class="parameter"><code>const <span class="type">gchar</span> *filter</code></em>,
                       <em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">gint</span> *num_buffers</code></em>);</pre>
<p>Retrieve a complete listing of the available buffers.</p>
<p>This procedure returns a complete listing of available named
buffers.</p>
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<a name="gimp-buffers-get-list.parameters"></a><h4>Parameters</h4>
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<td class="parameter_name"><p>filter</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>An optional regular expression used to filter the list.</p></td>
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<td class="parameter_name"><p>num_buffers</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>The number of buffers. </p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"><span class="annotation">[<acronym title="Parameter for returning results. Default is transfer full."><span class="acronym">out</span></acronym>]</span></td>
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<a name="gimp-buffers-get-list.returns"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
<p>The list of buffer names.
The returned value must be freed with <code class="function">g_strfreev()</code>. </p>
<p><span class="annotation">[<acronym title="Parameter points to an array of items."><span class="acronym">array</span></acronym> length=num_buffers][<acronym title="Generics and defining elements of containers and arrays."><span class="acronym">element-type</span></acronym> gchar*][<acronym title="Free data after the code is done."><span class="acronym">transfer full</span></acronym>]</span></p>
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<p class="since">Since: <a class="link" href="api-index-2-4.html#api-index-2.4">2.4</a></p>
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<a name="gimp-buffer-rename"></a><h3>gimp_buffer_rename ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">gchar</span> *
gimp_buffer_rename (<em class="parameter"><code>const <span class="type">gchar</span> *buffer_name</code></em>,
                    <em class="parameter"><code>const <span class="type">gchar</span> *new_name</code></em>);</pre>
<p>Renames a named buffer.</p>
<p>This procedure renames a named buffer.</p>
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<a name="gimp-buffer-rename.parameters"></a><h4>Parameters</h4>
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<td class="parameter_name"><p>buffer_name</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>The buffer name.</p></td>
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<td class="parameter_name"><p>new_name</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>The buffer's new name.</p></td>
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<a name="gimp-buffer-rename.returns"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
<p>The real name given to the buffer.
The returned value must be freed with <code class="function">g_free()</code>. </p>
<p><span class="annotation">[<acronym title="Free data after the code is done."><span class="acronym">transfer full</span></acronym>]</span></p>
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<p class="since">Since: <a class="link" href="api-index-2-4.html#api-index-2.4">2.4</a></p>
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<a name="gimp-buffer-delete"></a><h3>gimp_buffer_delete ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">gboolean</span>
gimp_buffer_delete (<em class="parameter"><code>const <span class="type">gchar</span> *buffer_name</code></em>);</pre>
<p>Deletes a named buffer.</p>
<p>This procedure deletes a named buffer.</p>
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<td class="parameter_name"><p>buffer_name</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>The buffer name.</p></td>
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<a name="gimp-buffer-delete.returns"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
<p> TRUE on success.</p>
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<p class="since">Since: <a class="link" href="api-index-2-4.html#api-index-2.4">2.4</a></p>
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<a name="gimp-buffer-get-width"></a><h3>gimp_buffer_get_width ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">gint</span>
gimp_buffer_get_width (<em class="parameter"><code>const <span class="type">gchar</span> *buffer_name</code></em>);</pre>
<p>Retrieves the specified buffer's width.</p>
<p>This procedure retrieves the specified named buffer's width.</p>
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<a name="gimp-buffer-get-width.parameters"></a><h4>Parameters</h4>
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<td class="parameter_name"><p>buffer_name</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>The buffer name.</p></td>
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<a name="gimp-buffer-get-width.returns"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
<p> The buffer width.</p>
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<p class="since">Since: <a class="link" href="api-index-2-4.html#api-index-2.4">2.4</a></p>
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<a name="gimp-buffer-get-height"></a><h3>gimp_buffer_get_height ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">gint</span>
gimp_buffer_get_height (<em class="parameter"><code>const <span class="type">gchar</span> *buffer_name</code></em>);</pre>
<p>Retrieves the specified buffer's height.</p>
<p>This procedure retrieves the specified named buffer's height.</p>
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<a name="gimp-buffer-get-height.parameters"></a><h4>Parameters</h4>
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<td class="parameter_name"><p>buffer_name</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>The buffer name.</p></td>
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<a name="gimp-buffer-get-height.returns"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
<p> The buffer height.</p>
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<p class="since">Since: <a class="link" href="api-index-2-4.html#api-index-2.4">2.4</a></p>
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<a name="gimp-buffer-get-bytes"></a><h3>gimp_buffer_get_bytes ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">gint</span>
gimp_buffer_get_bytes (<em class="parameter"><code>const <span class="type">gchar</span> *buffer_name</code></em>);</pre>
<p>Retrieves the specified buffer's bytes.</p>
<p>This procedure retrieves the specified named buffer's bytes.</p>
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<td class="parameter_name"><p>buffer_name</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>The buffer name.</p></td>
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<a name="gimp-buffer-get-bytes.returns"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
<p> The buffer bpp.</p>
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<p class="since">Since: <a class="link" href="api-index-2-4.html#api-index-2.4">2.4</a></p>
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<a name="gimp-buffer-get-image-type"></a><h3>gimp_buffer_get_image_type ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a href="../html/libgimpbase3-gimpbaseenums.html#GimpImageBaseType"><span class="returnvalue">GimpImageBaseType</span></a>
gimp_buffer_get_image_type (<em class="parameter"><code>const <span class="type">gchar</span> *buffer_name</code></em>);</pre>
<p>Retrieves the specified buffer's image type.</p>
<p>This procedure retrieves the specified named buffer's image type.</p>
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<td class="parameter_name"><p>buffer_name</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>The buffer name.</p></td>
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<a name="gimp-buffer-get-image-type.returns"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
<p> The buffer image type.</p>
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<p class="since">Since: <a class="link" href="api-index-2-4.html#api-index-2.4">2.4</a></p>
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